Comparison

Alex Albon vs StartLight Racing Widget

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Alex Albon

Follow the journey of a top racing driver with exclusive behind-the-scenes content, live race updates, and fan engagement features. Collect badges and shop official merchandise to show your support.

Highlights
  • Behind-the-scenes access
  • Live race blog
  • Exclusive driver insights
  • Fan Passport with badges
  • Official merchandise shop
  • Regular life updates
Features
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Download the official Alex Albon app and stay up to date with one of the world’s best racing drivers. Get behind-the-scenes access to his travels all over the world, follow his progress as one of a select few elite racing drivers, and pick up exclusive insight into his life off-track, away from the heat of a race weekend. Show your support for Alex as he battles to rise up the championship standings by picking up your Fan Passport and collecting unique badges over the course of the year. Follow the live blog during Grand Prix weekends, see regular updates from Alex’s life on and off track, and shop his official merchandise – all in one place. Welcome to the ultimate app for AA23 fans. Don’t miss out!

About

StartLight Racing Widget

This app displays your iRacing series schedule directly on your Home Screen. It shows current and upcoming tracks, a live countdown to the next green flag, and even includes custom track maps and a reaction time game. A companion Apple Watch app is also available.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets for iRacing series
  • Live countdown to green flag
  • Current and next week's track display
  • Tap to cycle through series
  • Apple Watch app
  • Custom track maps
  • Start-lights reaction time game
Features
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Startlight puts all your iRacing series on your Home Screen. Pick the series you run, and the widget shows where each one races this week, the track coming up next week, and a live countdown to the next green flag. No app to open — it moves with the schedule. Pay once. No subscription, no account, no ads. Built by a racer who got tired of loading a website to check what track was on this week. WHAT IT DOES - Follow all your series. Add every series you run and see them in one widget — no more checking the schedule series by series. - This week and next. The current track plus the one coming up next week, so you know what to practice. - Live countdown to green. A running timer to the next session, right on your Home Screen. Two widget sizes that display current and next track. - Tap to cycle. The widget runs an App Intent — tap it to flip through the series you follow without opening the app. - Apple Watch app. A native watchOS app, synced from your phone over WatchConnectivity. Check the grid from your wrist. - Track maps. A custom-drawn map for every track on the schedule. - Start-lights game. A Formula-style five-light sequence: wait for lights out, then tap. It logs your best reaction time. Startlight is named after it. HOW IT'S BUILT - SwiftUI throughout — real WidgetKit widgets and a native Watch app, not a web view in a wrapper. - No login. Nothing to sign into, no password to manage. The schedule loads on launch. - No data collected. Your series picks and settings stay on your device. - Pay once. You own it. No recurring billing. If you run a few series and want a faster answer to "what's on this week, what's next, and how long until green," that's what Startlight is. --- Startlight is an independent, fan-made app. It is not affiliated with, authorized, endorsed by, or sponsored by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC. "iRacing" is a trademark of iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC and is used here only to describe compatibility.

Screenshots

Alex Albon4 screens
StartLight Racing Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Alex Albon at Free against StartLight Racing Widget's $9.99. Alex Albon also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 2). StartLight Racing Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Alex Albon is free to download; StartLight Racing Widget costs $9.99 up front. Alex Albon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StartLight Racing Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Alex Albon against 5.0 for StartLight Racing Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alex Albon has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Alex Albon versus StartLight Racing Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlex AlbonStartLight Racing Widget
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (14 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB47 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFanCapitalPaul Denya

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alex Albon

One-time1
  • 2026 Durian Albono$1.99
None

StartLight Racing Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alex Albon free?
Alex Albon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StartLight Racing Widget free?
StartLight Racing Widget costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alex Albon or StartLight Racing Widget?
StartLight Racing Widget is rated higher. Alex Albon averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while StartLight Racing Widget averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Alex Albon or StartLight Racing Widget have ads?
Alex Albon shows ads; StartLight Racing Widget does not.

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